1. Provide yourselves with a serviceable apron, or something that will protect your clothing from being soiled.

2. If your locker has a combination lock, learn that combination as soon as possible. Always keep your locker locked when you are not working.

3. There is a place in your bench for each tool. When you finish your work each day, see that each tool is in its proper place in the bench. Also, see that the top of your bench is clean. Order and neatness are very important factors in the formation of desirable habits.

4. Always stand at your bench while you work. Do not sit while working, for you cannot get good results. We must have concentrated and strenuous efforts in order to get the most out of this work.

5. Do not make mistakes. Mistakes always waste time and materials. Work carefully, thoughtfully, and accurately. Let the last piece of work be the best that you have done.

6. When you begin a new exercise, say to yourself: "Using all of my powers, I will strive to make this piece of work as nearly perfect as possible." Remember that it is the product (that which you produce) that counts when your worth is estimated. In any vocation or calling in life these questions are always asked: "What can you do? How well can you do that thing?" Form the habit now of doing everything well.

7. Try to get some tools of your own, as soon as you can, so that you can work at home. In every home some place can be found where a bench can be placed. Have a little workroom of your own where you can "make things" after school, or on rainy Saturdays. Hundreds of boys have "shops " in the attic, down by the furnace, in vacant rooms, in the barn, or even in the back kitchen. Have such a place in which to work. It will pay you in the end.

8. Find out all that you can about tools, - kinds of tools, uses of tools, and care of tools. Learn the names of all of the parts of each tool. Learn all of the adjustments of each tool. Always keep your tools sharp.

9. Study to find out all that you possibly can about all of the materials that you are using, such as woods, screws, nails, glue, stains, etc. Each has interesting matter connected with its use and history.

10. Call tools by their proper names. Use proper language in describing the different processes. Use all of the technical terms that are most commonly used, and see that you use them correctly. Get a few good books and magazines on the work, if you can. Your teacher will gladly recommend good books to you.

11. Remember that you are not doing this work to learn a trade, yet you should strive to do just as good work as an artisan. The purpose of this work for you is to help lay a good foundation for your general education.